Sharp County record., 1887-07-07
MANAGES SERMON.
the Cities of the Land Shall
be Regenerated.
r,,aoce of Dirt and Iniqulty-Crime
O6Fspring of Ignorsnce-Cleanli-
less and Compulsory Educa-
tion the Only Remedies.

IT hewitt Talmage, in recent
m at the Brooklyn Tabernacle, took
avalence of Dirt and Crime in the
as his subject, his text being:
The men of the city said unto Elisha, Be-
/ pray thee, the situation OF this city is
NJ as nv Lord seeth; but the water is
/. and the ground barren. And he said'
ne a new cruise, and put salt therein.
,ey brought it to him. Ana ne went
nto the spring of the waters, and cast
I in there, and said:Thus saith the Lord,
healed these waters; there shall not be
hence any more death or barren land. so
ters were healed unto this day, Ill.
H., 1922.
Talmage said: ,
difficult to estimate how much OF
os sperity and health of city are de-
Mt upon good water The time
through well-laid pipes and from
.eservoir, an abundance Of water
Croton, or Ridgewood, or Schuyl-
brought into the city, is approprl-
celebrated with Grafton and
,chnic display. Thank God every
r clear, bright, beautiful sparkling
as it drops in the shower, or tos ses
the fountain, or rushes out at the
at.
City of Jericho, Notwithstanding
, physical and commercial advan-
was lacking in this important eie-
There was enough water, but it
seased, and the people were crying
,y reason thereof. Elisha, the
II. comes to the rescue. He says:
me a new cruise; fill it with salt
ing it to me-"
le cruise of salt was brought to the
It, and see him walking out to the
Il reservoir, and he takes that salt
rows it into the reservoir, and 10!
impurities depart, through su-
ursl and divine Influence, and the
are good and fresh and clear, and
people clap their hands and lift up
aces in the gladness. Water for
,-clear, bright, beautiful, God
vateri
fferent times l have pointed out to
Ie fountains of municipal corrup-
I'd this morning I propose to show
lat are the means of the rectltica-
those fountains. Thero are four
kinds of salt that have a cleansing
~. So far as God may help me, l
ring cruise of salt to the work,
PITY it into the great reservoir of
pal crime, sin and shame, lgnor-
I'd illumination.
lis work of cleansing our cities l
rst to remark that there is a work
broom and the shovel that nothing
N do. There always has been an
e connection between iniquity and
he filthy parts of the great cities
ways the most iniquitous parts.
ltters and the pavements of the
warI, New York, illustrate and
iz, the character of the people in
nth ward.
first thing that a bad man does
be Is converted is thoroughly to
imself. There were, this morning,
way to the different churches,
ids Of men in proper apparel who,
their conversion, were unfit in
abbath dress. When on the Sab
Zee q man uncleanly in his dress,
spicions in regard to his moral
or are aroused, and they are al
rell founded. So as to allow no ex-
If lack of ablution, God has cleft
continents with rivers and
and has sunk five
cc,ans, and all the world
10 be clean. Away, then, with the
m our cities, not only because the
4 health needs an ablution but be-
II the great moral and religious
! is Of the cities demand it as posi-
,essity. A filthy city always has
. i'd always will be wicked city.
Ugh the upturning of the earth for
Improvement our city could not be
: d to be as clean as usual, but for
mitabe dirt Of Brooklyn for the
: months there is no excuse. 1t is
5 :e.y q matter Of dust in the eyes,
d for the shoes, and Of stencil for
trils, but of morals for the soul.
e Ter corrective influence that we
t bring to bear upon the evils of our
5 tiles is Christian printing-press.
Q ,wspapers of any place are the
4 morality or immortality. The
i y who runs along the street with
. OF papers under his arm is a
/. dous force that can not be
D aside nor resisted, and at his
o tep the city is elevated or degrad-
q Is hungry, all-devouring Ameri-
I'd must have something to read,
IN editors and authors and book
ers and parents and teachers rest
possibility of what they shall read.
!, IN further and say that we must
:. upon the school for q great deal
. scting influences. A community
more afford to have ignorant men
; idst than it can afford to have un-
!, yenas. Ignorance is the mother
y ra-headed crime. Thirty-one per
Y all the criminals of New York
y an neither read nor write. Intel
= darkness is generally the pre-
y If moral darkness.
a. high time that all city and State
ty, as well as the Federal Govern
" appreciate the awful statist tics
e' While years ago, in this country,
y vas set apart 100000 acres of
10 r school purposes, there are now
2 England 191, 900 people who can
read nor write, and in the State
% lsylvania $4,000 who can neither
q ,r write, and in the State Of New
Do II, 600 who can neither read nor
while In the United States there
y r 6,000,O00 who can neither read
% te. Statistics enough to stagger
nl found any man who loves his God
d country.
70 in view of this fact, l am in favor
eI 'alsory education. When parents
% 'estial rs to neglect this duty to
q, l say the law, with a strong
~ u the same time with a gentle
silght to lead these little ones into
t of intelligence and good morale